Wednesday, November 19, 2008

This just in. . .

Did you know that "[k]nitting blogs are the estrogen-fueled, crafty-fingered appendix of the blogosphere: surprisingly large once you take a look at them, yet hardly noticeable to anyone but the busy bacteria that hang out there"? Hmm, I'm not sure I like that uncannily accurate description (especially coming from "The A.V. Club" -- which I guess is written by people who watch a lot of teevee but aren't quite funny enough for The Onion?), but at least the authors pay homage to the Yarn Harlot.(Thanks, Mr. G-K-I-Y-H!)

Yikes. First, I do take offense to the 'bacteria' reference. Second, I think the word they wanted was appendage, not appendix. Doesn't anyone have an editor? And even that word has negative connotations. The problem with summing a large group of people up in a couple sentences is that it really can't be done. Was this comment too grumpy? Off for more coffee....

Actually, I always like a biological reference, especially one that might remind us of how dependent we are on the bacteria in our guts. And I like the appendix idea - suggests that the blogosphere is a big colon and the knitting blogosphere is an off-the-beaten-track spot. And by this analogy, all blog writers and readers are bacteria. (The writer does need to rethink the specific hormones, though, as other commenters have pointed out.)- Beth

Excuse me, "estrogen fueled"? I've got bigger and more brassy ones than a lot of men out there (not all). Also, the hormone assumption is a huge insult to many skilled gentlemen out there (Lars, Ted, Joe, Alan, Sean, Mel to name a few), as well as my 8 year-old son who is knitting a neck warmer for his girlfriend. So there! :-)